Grinding-machine.



PATENTED MAY l5, 1906.

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GRINDING Mmmm APPLICATION ELBD SBFTi 8, 1904.

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. A. B. LANDIS.

GRINDING MAHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1904.

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PATENTED MAY l5, 1906.

A. B. LANDIS.

GHNDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION NLRB SEPT. 1904.

PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

No. 820,80l.

A. B. l ND'S.

G-RNDING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION NLRB slm/3'1" a, 1901;.

wwmH/g PATENTE) MAY l5, 1906.

A. B. LANDIS.

G'RINDING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 1904v 9 SHEETS-SHEET 9.

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ABRAHAM LANDlS, OF WAYNESBOlt, FENNSYLVANlA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ABRAHAM B, LANnis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waynesboro, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grinding- Machines, of which the following is a` specification.

ln grinding plain surfaces more rapid progress can be made when the grinding-wheel is presented to the work with its face somewhat at an angle and operated to cut in both directions and so as to cut under against the work at all times.

The object of my said invention is, therefore, to provide a machine wherein the face of the grinding-wheel may be adjusted to stand at an angle to the work and be changed automatically from one position to another at the end of each traverse of the work and. the operation of grinding bev continued during the traverse of the work in both directions, with the face of the wheel in the same relative position to the Work in either direction. l

A further object is to provide a machine wherein the work may be fed and the wheel traversed or the Wheel fed and the work traversed, as desired.

Said invention consists in various improvements Lin the construction and arrangement of parts, whereby these objects and their advantages in the operation and results of the machine are secured, all as will be hereinafter more fully described. and claimed.

Referring to the accompanvingl drawings, which are Inade a part hereof, and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a grinding-machine embodying' my said invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig'. 3, a top or plan view of the grinding-wheel carriage and part of the work-supporting' carriage; Fig. 4, a horizontal section looking downwardly from the dotted line 4 t in Fig. 1 Fig. et, a plan view of the friction gear-wheels 1 9 and 2() connecting the shafts 18 and 2l Fig. 5, a detail sectional view` showing the shiftinggear as seen when looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 5 5in Fig. l; Fig. 6, a view, on an enlarged scale, of the gear for *controlling the feed mechanism as seen when looking toward the machine from the dotted line 6 6 in Fig. 1 Fig. 7, a detail cross- *ection on the dotted line 7 7 in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a detail top plan of lill tft lvl l lil Patented May 15, 190th 190i. Serial No. 223,68Q.

the shafts forming part of the reversing; mechanism illustrated in Fig. 7; Fig-. El, a top or plan view of one end of the grrindingvlieel. carriage, illustratino' the different adjustments in which said 1 Fig". 10,21. detail viewon the dotted line 1t) l() in Fig. 1 5 Figs. 11,-12, and .13,views illustrating the operation of the grinding-wheel upon the work, and 14 a detail view of the shifting mechanism as seen when looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 14 14 in Fig. 7.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the bed of the machine; B, thetable for supportingthe work-carriage; C, said work-carriage, and l) the grinding-wheel carriage.

The :main 'frame of bed A of the machine is a casting ofsuitable forni to support the various parte of the machine and is provided with bearings :for the various shafts and other parts of the apparatus.

The table B 1s in the forni of a bracket and is mounted upon the edge of base A to slide vertically thereon. The conneotion'between said table and base is as illustrated in Fig. 10 or may be any appropriate connection desired. It is adapted to be supported and adjusted by means of a screw-threaded rod b, mounted in a screw-threaded perforation in a standard B', secured to the base beneath said table, as shown. The top of said rod bears in a recess in the under side of said table and ,is provided with a pinion t2, with which a pinion 3 on the inner end of a shaft lf* engages. Said shaft is mounted transversely in said table and has a crank B upon its outer end by which it may be operated by hand. By turning said crank said screw b will be turned and operated to raise or lower said table li' to accommodate work of different thicknesses and adjust the work in propel' relations to the grinding-wheel, will be readily understood.

The Work-supporting carriage C is mounted 'in suitable ways. upon the top of saidtable, said ways being irovided with protecting-guards c and c', t ie arrangement being the saine as shown in' other grindingrnachine patents heretofore granted to nie. Said carriage is provided with a depending' lug C, having a transverse screw-threaded perforation with which the traversing screw c2 engages. Said traversing screw is provided with a pinion c3, which. meshes withA the pinion c on. the upper end of a vertical wheel may be placed g- IOO IIO

sense the arm 43, having the cam on its outer end, any length of traverse desired may be provided for, as will be readily understood. When it is desired that the grinding-wheel shall set straight across the work, the stop 28 p is adjusted to the position on wheel around the circular recess r, which will hold the parts in the position desired, and the locking-pin 31. is engaged with the notch thereic in, and the cam ft2 and strike 39 are moved so that they will not be reached by the traveling partslwhen the wheel is held in the fixed position as long as desired.

The traversing and reversing mechanisms 15 for the carriages G and D are driven from a shaft 59, which is connected by a. belt 51 with the shaft 1., a set of pulleys 52 and 53 being provided on said shafts, respectively. Said shaft (see Fig. 7) has a pinion 54, which 2c meshes with. a gear-wheel 55 on a shaft 56, mounted in bearings adj aeent to and parallel .with said shaft 59. An idler-shaft 57 'is mounted alongside shaft 50 and has a pinion 58, meshing with pinion 54, and on its oppo- 25 site end a pinion meshing with a gearwheel 60 on shaft 56. Said zrear-wheels 55 and 60 are normally idle and have clutch parts 61 and 62 on their respective adjacent hubs. A. double-faced clutch part 63 is mounted on 3o shaft 56 between them by a spline. A shifting-fork 64 on a transverse shaft 65 with an o erating-lever 66 is provided for throwing' c utch part 63 into engagement with either clutch part 61 or 62, as desired'. This revers- 35 ing mechanism is substantially the same as that shown and described in my Patent No. 639,900, of December 26, 1899. For automatically operating said reversing ine-chan ism a lever 67 is pivoted to the side of thebed on a stud 69 and connected by a joint 69 to a vlever 70, mounted to rock on shaft 65. An arm 71. with a roller 72 in a fork on its lower end is formed on the lower end of said lever, depending beneath the shaft, and has side 45 projections 78, containing adjustable screwstops 7 4i, which are adapted to contact with the under side of arm 7 8, thus providing for a slight free motion of said lever. `Beneath said roller a double-faced cani 75 is mounted 5o in asocket 76, with a Spring 77 adapted to force said earn upwardly against said roller. in arm 78 is rigidly mounted onsaid shaft 65 andeXtends at right angles therewith, having a substantially three-.sided opening therein of 55 the form best shown'in Fig. 14. y, A lever 79 is pivoted at on the bed and has a roller 81 thereon which engages said opening in said. arm 78. The upper end of lever 67 engages a block 82, perforated and mounted to slide on 6o a screw-rod 83, mounted. in brackets 84 and on the side of the carriage D. Adjustable trips 86 and 87 are provided on said screwrod to contact and throw block 82 and the top of lever 67 to operate through the mecho 5 anism just described the shifting of the motion of shaft 56 and the travel of the carriages from one direction to the opposite. The arm 7 8 being' ri gid on shaft 65 must rock thereiifith when, said shaft is rocked to throw the clutch part This is permitted when 7o roller 8l on lever 79 is in the front end or vertical portion of the opening.; in arm 78. W'hen it is desired to hold said clutch part 68 on the center between the clutch parts 6] and 62 and out of engagement with both, said lever 75 79 is drawn back to bringr said roller 81 into the horizontal part of said opening` in arm 78, thus locking said arm in a horizontal position and holding said clutch part63 in the desired central position. rlne lever 70 with its arm 8o 7'! being' allowed a slight motion free from the shaft 65 by means ofthe set-screws 74, the. spring-cam 75 will always stop on the side of the roller 72 to immediately throw arm 71 and lever 7() to engage the clutch parte to 85 drive the gearing in the same direction it was going when it was stopped by throwing'the central clutch part into the center position. lt also serves to permit the roller to pass over the point of the cam in shifting before the 9o clutch part 63 entirely frees from the clutch part it is leaving when said spring acts quickly to throw it into opposite clutch part.

On the opposite end of shaft 56 (see particularly Fig. 5) is mounted a gear-wheel 182, 95 and a frame 183 is mounted to rock on said shaft and extends on each side of said gearwheel 182 to beyond its periphery and has a pinion 184, journaled on a shaft in one end, meshing with one side of gear-wheel 182 and :oo a pinion 185, journaled on a shaft in its opposite end which meshes with the opposite side of said gear-wheel 182. AAn operating-lever 186 extends outwardly from the frame 183 and has a spring-paw] 187, adapted to engage 1o 5 with notches in the face of a segment 88, mounted on the side of the machine. A screw-threaded shaft 89 is mounted in suitable bearings to extend across the machine under and longitudinally of the carria e D. no A. depending lug d on the under side o" said carriage is perforated and internally screwthrea ed, and said screw-shaft 89 passes through and engages therewith. A pinion 90 is mounted on-the end of shaft 89, adapted I 15 to engage pinion 184. Thus shaft 56 is connected to drive shaft 90' to traverse the grinding-wheel carriage across the work, and at each end of the traverse motion, the stops 86 and 87 being properly set, the clutch part 63 12o is thrown to engage the opposite drivingwheel 55 or 60 and reverse the motion of sa1d carriage.

On the outer end ofshaft 56 is mounted a friction-wheel 91, the face of which is adapt- I z 5 ed to engage with a friction-wheel 92 on a stud-shalt 93. On the face of said wheel 92 is fixed a plate 94, having a central radial slot 95 and two arms 96 and 97, extending at right angles with said slot and with their ends 13o a. Spring outer mud; V the pim/ ada@ fe ci sngsge W2 i time pefphery of toothed Wheel M).

102 and 1.98 mevvcmmected @mh mi point dis. ive sim@ parts i mi m u si

04, as will be presenty descibed. A hinge-d adustabl stop 114. is mounted in a suitabe socket on the side of the frame Wheel 92 and in position .adtfp-@d to Contact Wkh the ends of t S 15?@ and 3'?? Said im@ rwed faces of the paws L10 he oppos'b@ dir'scton.

, 2N also Wl 01min. and hold ma @ms out adj cent to ee 91, e mechamsm opof the as la }'-zaf0.1un is hed in this posshaft .56 evefses, Whan traves o its initial position, with the paw l0@ i ie in the, fvhed 1.10,. uml mi @pemtng Said wvoxfeedng mech- 1. Them is Sucent ctou between the wheels @l and ,v "ne dlven when not heldby the stops, c at the Same 'time w permit Said Wheels mi upon the. othe mdly when hey fheel 2 is prafefably slghty .v the point adjacent to the stps I?, s@ to panni?, the. Slipping of hees these points, the Contact being lcent to starrt Wheel 92 in motion bepemed thereby.

en t s asxmd t0 ee the gm( ff withdrawn to a posi- 2 so that the mechanism seater wheel and traverse the Work, the frame 183, carrying the pinions 184 and 185, is thrown, by-means of the lever 186, so that the springpawl 187 will engage in the notch at the upper end of segment 88, which will throw gear- Wheel 184 out of engagement with wheel 90 and gear-wheel 185 int-o engagement with the gear-wheel, 122, and thus connect shaft 56 directly with shaft 104, which then operates to traverse the work back and forth exactly as shaft-89 has before operated to traverse the grinding-wheel and, through the mechanism shown in Fig. 6, operates to feed the grinding-wheel up to the work as it traverses back and forth through pitman 112, pawl 103, and the gear connections with the shaft 89, exactly as above described when the othergear is in connection, as will be readily uncerstood.

Short stud-shafts 129v yand 130, having squared outer ends for the application of the crank, are provided for adjusting shafts 89 and l104 by hand when desired. 4They are provided with bevel gear-wheels 13]. and 132 on their inner ends, respectively, which mesh with suitable bevel gear-wheels on said shafts 89 and 104.

When the gear is arranged to traverse the work-table C, the shifting mechanism is operated through a rod 133, ivoted to lever 67 at one end and to one en of an arm 134 at the other end, said arm 134 being mounted on the u per end of a vertical rock-shaft 1351,

mounte 1n bearings on the side of the frame4 and having an arm 136 connected therewith by a spline in line with the edge of the carriageC. Saidarm 136 has aoblock 137 on its outer end perforated and adapted to slide over a screw-threaded shaft 138, mounted on the side of said carriage C. Tripsl 139 and 140 are adjustably mounted on said screwthreaded rod for throwing said lever 136 at the end of thetraverse in each direction and through said parts operating the lever 67 to chan e the direction of the travel, as will be readi y understood.

The belt 2, running from the drum 3 to the pulley 4, will have a tendency to cramp 'carriage D upon itsl ways. To obviate this, I have inter osed an antifriction-roller 141 between saicl brackets supporting the main shaft 1 and drum 3. By this means a free movement is ermitted and the thrust taken up Without binding said carriage upon its ways. By this arrangement a machine is provided in which the grinding-wheel may be used to the best advantage in grinding the work in both directions across its surface. The grindingwheel heilig presented at an angle to the work, as indicated in Fig. 11, andthe grinding-Wheel beine capable of various adjustments, the mec anism shown most clearly in Fig. 4 and vindicated inFig. 9 will result 1n 6 5 more Vrapid work yand very quickly cut down carriage and a track 142 on the the surface to be ground. When it is desired to smooth ofi' the work after the principal reduction is made, it can be done by shifting the grinding-wheel to a straight position and adjusting the controlling device to hold it in said position, as above described. The mechanism shown and described also enables either the wheel to `be fed and the work traversed or the wheel traversed and the work fed, as may be most advantageous in the particular character of work being done. It alsoenables the grinding-wheel to operate either when traversing in one direction or in both directions and the feed to be regulated accordingly. f Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A grinding-machine comprising a grinding-wheel mounted upon a swiveled base, mechanism for turning said base automatically to present the face of said grinding-wheel to the work at different angles and reverse said angle automatically at each end of the work, a work-supporting carriage, and mec-hanism for operating the same, substantially as set frth. y

2. 1n a grinding-machine, the combination of the grinding-w eel mounted upon a swiveled base, driving mechanism, mechanism for adjusting said grinding-wheel to any angle desired and automatically reversing said angle at the end of the traverse, a work-supporting carriage, 'and operating mechanism pomilected therewith, substantially as set ort 3. ln a grinding-machine, the combination ofthe grinding-wheel mounted upon a base swiveled in a traveling carriage, said carriage, the grinding-wheel shaft, a s aft in line with the swiveled base, a pulley on said shaft, a driving-shaft on the top of said carriage, a belt ruiming from said driving-shaft over a horizontal idler to the pulley on said vertical shaft, another pulley on said vertical shaft, and a belt running from said pulley over another horizontal idler to the pulley on said grinding-wheel shaft, whereby said grindingwheel may be swiveled as desired without interfering with the driving mechanism, substantially as set forth.

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4. In a grinding-machine, the combination v of the grinding-wheel carriage mounted to traverse across the top of the main basel or frame, mechanism for traversing the same back and forth, a vertical bearing in the outer end of said carriage, the grinding-wheel mounted on a base swiveled in said bearing, driving mechanism, the work-supportingr carriage and feeding mechanism therefor. substantially as set forth.

5. In a grinding-machine, the combination of the grinding-wheel carriage, a drivingshaft on the top thereof, the grinding-wheel mounted on-a base swiveled in a bearing on said Carriage, a driving nieohanisni, and mechanism for shift-ing the angie oi grinding-Wheel automatically', coinprsnig a gear on said hase', `a gear-Wheei therewith and having adjustable thereon, a ioeinngdeviee 'for engaging said stops, means i'or driving said Wheei, means 'or reieasing said looking device, and trips ttor operating said mechanism at each end oi the traverse of the carriage, substantiaiijT as set forth.

5. En a grinding-machine, the combination of the grindin -Wheei carriage, a grinding- Wheei-monnte on a hase'swiveied in a suitable bearing on one end of said carriage, a gear around said hase, a gear-Wheei engaging therewith and mounted on a stud-shaft on said carriage, adjustable stops mounted on the face o? said gear-Wheel, a looking-pin `adapted to engage said stops yand heid said Wheel and grinding-Wheel hase in fixed positions, another gear oonnec-tedwith said gear- Wheei and adapted to he driven hy-rietionai Contact with another gear thrown into oontaet therewith at the end of the travei of said vcarriagein one direction, and means Jfor adjusting and operating said severai parte, suhstantiaiiy as se-t forth.

7 in a grinding-machine, the combination ofthe grinding-Wheel carri age, the grinding- Wheei mounted upon a hase swiveied in a hearing on one end of said carriage, a gear- Wheel mounted on said carriage and engaging with a gear on the hase of said grinding-Wheel, adjustable sto. s on the face of said gear- VWheel7 means or driving the saine intermittingiy, a look-pin for engaging said stops, and a cani and lever for throwing said ioekingpin out of" engagement therewith, substantiaiiy set Jforth.

8. In a grinding-ni aehine, the eomhinathni of the hase, the grinding Wheei carriage mounted to slide thereon, the Work-supporting tahie, the Work-carriage mounted to slide on said table, a grinding-'wheei oarriei'i hjf said grinding-Wired carriage, n'ieehanisin for trave sing said Y griniihng-Wheei carriage, mechanism for traversing said Work-supporting carriage, a reversing-gear connected with the driving-shaft for automaticaily reversing the direction of' said shaft at the end of eaoh traverse, paWLand-pitinan Connection between said driving-shaft and the shafts for operating the gear which drives the two carriages, through which either one of said shafts may he operated to feed, either grating-shafts oi' said two carriages, and

carriage as the other is traversed hach and -forth across its support, suostantiaiiy as sei; forth.

Q. In a grinding-machine, the eolnhination of the hase, the grinding-Wheel Carriage mounted thereon, mechanism for traversing said carriage hack and forth, the work-snplporting table, the Work-carrying carriage mounted thereon, mechanism for traversing moving sain carriage hack and forth, a ooinmon driving-shaft Yfor both sets oiV mechanism, and gearing arranged to move one of said carriages by a reeding motion Whilethf other is inoved by a traversing motion, substantiaiiy as set forth.

il. in grinding-machine, the combination oi the hase, the grinding-wheei carriage inountedfto slide thereon, the grinding-Wheei on said carriage, meohanism for moving said. carriage hash and vhrt-h, the Work-supporting carriage, mechanism fior moving the saine hach and forth, means for driving one of said carriages to feed Whiie the other is driven to traverse, and mechanism for Changing the feeding and traversing motion from one carriage to the other, substantially as set forth.

142. In a grinding-machine, the combination of the hase, the grinding-wheei .carriage thereon, the grinding-Wheel on said carriage', mechanism for moving said Carriage back' and forth, mechanism for adjusting and hoiding the grinding-Wheel in reiation to the Work, a '\vii'h-sii} porting Carriage, mechanisin for moving the saine hack and forth7 a nomino-ii driving-shait for said tvvo ear ges,

-a feeding-gear for oonneoting said drivingshait with the operating mechanism of one of said carriage traversing-gear for connecting said. driving-.ih it with the operating meehanism. of the other Carriage, and means for reversing the ein sement et said gears Wherehy either carri ge. majv he fed or traversed, siihstantiaiiy as set ordi.

i3. in a grinding-machine, the Combination of the hase, the carriage supporting the grinding-wheel mounted thereon, mechanism for moving the saine back and forth, the

lWork-simporting carriage, mechanism `for moving the saine hack and forth, a Common driving-shaft, shifting-gear for reversing the motion ot said shaft, gearing adapted to Conover said' drivi; '-shaft with either oi the opother gearing connecting said operatingshaft, through the shaft to which it is geared with. the other shaft to operate it to eed the earriae'e with which it is connected Whiie the other carriage is traversing, substantie-lig? as set forth.

l-i. in a grinding-machine, the combination of the hase, a grinding-Wired swiveied in IOO @meme e, suitable bearing in its eemege, seid om liege mounted en seid. bese, means fee adjusting seid grndngwrheel et en angle with the Wefk, meme fer reversing said angle et ehe end of each trerveee, and means for throwing Said. mechanism out of gem' end eeing seid Wheel in e, 'fixed pestmnfsub* etmlviely es set forth 1,5. A grin ding-mamme having' e grinding Wheel efiepted. he grind in beth direc-tiens meros-s the Work and pevded with two cerf 'ieg'ee, eme of whieh carries the Work and. the @their 0f 'which euee the winding-wheel,

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AERHM B. LAN DIS. Witneseeez MARY A. WILSON, E. "N BRAUFORIL 

